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From: "Brian Siano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [UC] The FOCP complaint
Turner,Kathleen wrote:
Brian, just out of curiousity, can you give us a rough count of the
membership of FOCP? I'm wondering just how many of us are out there
embarrassing the people of this community.
Why certainly, Kathleen.
The Friends of Clark Park includes nearly _three hundred and fifty_
members. And very single one of them works hard at embarassing the
community.
Ms. Turner,
You and Mr. Siano, The Secretary of FOCP, are attempting an appeal known as
astroturfing. Do the 350 members want to spread deliberate misinformation
publicly in order to defend the UCD? Do the 350 members wish to insinuate
that our elected councilperson is lying by making up a "clearly stated"
denial of the gag order placed on Mr. Fenton? For that matter, did the 350
members want to lie about conducting "17 public meetings" in Clark Park
about the UCD redesign?
Of course not! Probably a third to half pay money to FoCP just so that their
children are allowed to play soccer in Clark Park. I don't follow what the
cost is for kids to play soccer in the public park, but I think it's close
to $50.
Kathy, now that astroturfing has been discussed on the list, I fear that you
may make yourself look silly if you continue this approach and strategy.
I have long maintained that the leadership of FoCP does not represent or
communicate appropriately with the membership of the association nor the
"community" as claimed. However, when the leadership engages in dishonest
activity, it is the organization as a whole that loses credibility.
In fact, the very appeal you are making to astroturfing would work against
your members. If I am correct about events a week ago, you are asserting
that 350 people do desire deliberately making up false information about a
publicly observed meeting. I say that the members have been victims of an
out of control leadership. But it is the members, ultimately, who have not
managed to demand responsible leadership or processes.
Can you see how the organization as a whole loses credibility when the
leadership lies about public events? I am not the one passing deliberate
false information on a public listserv. With full impunity from FOCP
leadership, it is the identified representative of the FOCP doing this.
I've been sorry about that for a long time, but clearly not the cause. I
tried hard when I was a member of FOCP! I was forced to deal with the
association as a leader of an outside organization and as a community member
proposing the Clark Park Farmer's Market.
Sincerely,
Mr. Moyer
Whether it's planting trees, supervising youth soccer,
raising funds for park projects, soliciting public opinion and public
feedback for the Park A reconstruction, or just picking up trash, the
Friends of Clark Park have worked long and hard to make our community look
inept, stupid and ridiculous, what with our strutting about and looking
pompous while we do all these things.
And the future looks bright for the Friends, what with the terrific
opportunities for embarassing the community. The new basketball court
coming by this fall should make us look _especially_ ridiculous. Events
such as Shakespeare in the Park also enable us to make our neighbors look
like comical fools.
Yes, there's a grand future of embarassment ahead for the Friends of Clark
Park.If anyone out there would like to help us embarass the community,
meet up with our table at the Farmers' Markets every Saturday.
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